>Talk to the Skull
You don't have any maggots and you don't know why the skull is asking for them, but maybe you can get some useful information out of it while you're here.
FERN:
Sorry, fresh out of...maggots, was it?
Sorry, fresh out of...maggots, was it?
SKULL:
Just ain't feelin' myself lately...somethin 'bout maggots...pretty sure I need me a few.
Just ain't feelin' myself lately...somethin 'bout maggots...pretty sure I need me a few.
The voice is feminine and friendly, with a Southern drawl you might have found charming in any other context. It actually reminds you of Sandy Cheeks, and you ought to find that funny, but despite all you've seen here - including both a larger and gorier living skull - there's something freshly eerie about conversing with the plain, simple skeletal cranium. Perhaps it just hits a little closer to human than you've gotten used to.
FERN:
Well...I know that feeling. Not feeling yourself, I mean. I'm pretty lost around here. You wouldn't know anything about this maze, would you?
Well...I know that feeling. Not feeling yourself, I mean. I'm pretty lost around here. You wouldn't know anything about this maze, would you?
SKULL:
Maze? That what's out there? 'Fraid I ain't been outta bed for who knows how many layers. Can't remember much before that.
Maze? That what's out there? 'Fraid I ain't been outta bed for who knows how many layers. Can't remember much before that.
FERN:
What about your name?
What about your name?
SKULL:
Can't remember that neither, come to think of it...
Can't remember that neither, come to think of it...
WILLIS, BARGING RIGHT IN:
Hi!!!
Hi!!!
SKULL:
WALLACE!
WALLACE!
WILLIS:
Willis.
Willis.
SKULL:
WILLIS! Tarnation, I remember somethin'! Terry's little rascal! You remember me!?
WILLIS! Tarnation, I remember somethin'! Terry's little rascal! You remember me!?
WILLIS:
Mom's name is Tori but no, sorry.
Am I in trouble?
Mom's name is Tori but no, sorry.
Am I in trouble?
SKULL:
Aw, heck no, unless I am too! Couple things are comin' back to me...preeeeeetty sure I knew your mama. Somethin' about the hospital. Somethin' about...somethin' bad, I think...?
Aw, heck no, unless I am too! Couple things are comin' back to me...preeeeeetty sure I knew your mama. Somethin' about the hospital. Somethin' about...somethin' bad, I think...?
FERN:
Could you have been a patient? Maybe even staff? As far as I know, this maze out here has been kind of "eating" and replacing the Hospital, and the doctors forget anyone caught up in it ever even existed.
Could you have been a patient? Maybe even staff? As far as I know, this maze out here has been kind of "eating" and replacing the Hospital, and the doctors forget anyone caught up in it ever even existed.
SKULL:
Tarnation, maybe we ARE in trouble! Reckon you mighta just explained my sitiation here. Really need me them maggots, and I ain't even remember what those are! Just know I need 'em!
Tarnation, maybe we ARE in trouble! Reckon you mighta just explained my sitiation here. Really need me them maggots, and I ain't even remember what those are! Just know I need 'em!
FERN:
Any idea what that red thing is over in the corner? That ring any bells?
Any idea what that red thing is over in the corner? That ring any bells?
SKULL:
Yeahhhh...YEAH! That's important! Somethin' bout...shoot. I'd remember if I just had, well, you know by now, hon!
Yeahhhh...YEAH! That's important! Somethin' bout...shoot. I'd remember if I just had, well, you know by now, hon!
If this is a staff member, then you know that restoring her form may give the Hospital a fighting chance against the Parliament, but you know it may also make her as much a danger as a help to you. Only one way to find out...
FERN:
What about those little guys full of maggots? Magboils?
What about those little guys full of maggots? Magboils?
SKULL:
Magwhats? I'm recollectin' somethin' there, but I ain't likin' it none.
Magwhats? I'm recollectin' somethin' there, but I ain't likin' it none.
FERN:
What if we can take you to a place that might have maggots? Would you mind being...carried around?
What if we can take you to a place that might have maggots? Would you mind being...carried around?
SKULL:
I don't mind if you don't mind! Just keep any appendages outta the sockets, y'hear? That's personal.
I don't mind if you don't mind! Just keep any appendages outta the sockets, y'hear? That's personal.
